
King's College London - Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy
MSc in Global Leadership and PeacebuildingLondon, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 31,600 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* first application deadline
** International students | UK students: £14,500 per year
Key Summary
Introduction
Our Global Leadership and Peacebuilding MSc examines the mutually reinforcing links between global leadership, peace and society, especially in developing nations. Through this blended learning programme, which offers both face-to-face and online modules and which supports wholly online study where applicable, you will learn to understand the huge significance of global leadership processes and outcomes in peacebuilding efforts in the developing world and the impacts they have on society.
Next-generation leaders must be able to thrive across different socio-cultural contexts while achieving success in organisations. In a dynamic global context with a wide array of diverse actors and stakeholders, global leaders need a unique set of skills and must be uniquely prepared. The Global Leadership and Peacebuilding programme seeks:
- To deepen students understanding of the different patterns of global leadership that have underlined social, political, economic and peace processes and outcomes in developing societies and across the world;
- To advance peacebuilding knowledge - conceptually and operationally - on the process of leadership and global problem-solving in developing societies and across the world;
- To develop in students deep analytical skills in response to global challenges in the 21st century.
We see our students as the next generation leaders who must be able to thrive across different socio-cultural contexts, while achieving success in organisations; we help them understand the complexity of global leadership in creating transformative change and building peace across the world.
Key benefits
- Experience a range of learning experiences that combine online teaching with intensive face-to-face classroom experiences.
- Become an expert in what leadership really means and the complexities that defy standard narratives.
- Build upon and expand knowledge gained from your undergraduate or professional experiences, with a deliberate and clear overlap with global affairs, global economy, politics and economics (as well as other disciplines and sectors).
- Transform your perspective and get the chance to translate your ideas into change-making opportunities within your own contexts.
- Network with our global network of renowned academics, practitioners, activists and institutional partners that include universities, international organisations, and research and policy institutions from across the world.
- Shape your own syllabus with a broad selection of optional modules across King's, with emphasis on the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy.
Duration: One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time
Admissions
Curriculum
Structure
Programmes are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required modules
You are required to take the following modules:
- Global Leadership, Peace and Society (30 credits)
- Practicing Leadership (15 credits)
- Natural Resource Governance (15 credits)
- Governance of Security (15 credits)
- Research Methods in Global Leadership (15 credits)
- Dissertation - Global Leadership (60 credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 30 credits of optional modules (usually 2 x 15 credit modules) which may typically include:
- Gender, Leadership and Society (15 credits)
- Youth and Society in the Developing World (15 credits)
- African Issues in Global Affairs (15 credits)
- Applied Global Leadership (15 credits)
- Principal’s Global Leadership Award (15 credits)
- The State and Development in Africa and Asia (15 credits)
- Emerging Powers in Global Leadership (15 credits)
- Building Gender-Inclusive Organisations and Outcomes (15 credits)
Up to 15 credits of level 7 optional modules may be taken from the modules offered in the Global Institutes, or any KCL departments outside of the Global Institutes (subject to the Programme Convenor’s email approval and the agreement of the external department).
King’s College London reviews the modules offered regularly to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, the modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place for all students who elect to study this module.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of our MSc programme use the skills and knowledge that they develop to build careers in further academic research, teaching, the public and private sectors, transnational corporations, international organisations (UN, EU, AU and worldwide regional organisations), international business and non-governmental organisations.